Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2012

State or jurisdiction

Fall 1970

Fall 1980

Fall 1990

Fall 2000

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

Percent change, 2007 to 2012

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

United States

8,580,887

12,096,895

13,818,637

15,312,289

18,248,128

19,102,814

20,427,711

21,016,126

20,994,113

20,642,819

13.1

Alabama

103,936

164,306

218,589

233,962

268,183

310,941

311,740

327,327

318,686

310,311

15.7

Alaska

9,471

21,296

29,833

27,953

30,616

30,717

32,406

33,653

34,932

32,797

7.1

Arizona

109,619

202,716

264,148

342,490

624,147

704,245

828,631

795,388

796,986

736,379

18.0

Arkansas

52,039

77,607

90,425

115,172

152,168

158,374

168,352

175,895

179,281

176,458

16.0

California

1,257,245

1,790,993

1,808,740

2,256,708

2,529,522

2,652,241

2,735,579

2,714,172

2,685,893

2,621,460

3.6

Colorado

123,395

162,916

227,131

263,872

310,637

325,232

352,034

372,025

365,820

362,935

16.8

Connecticut

124,700

159,632

168,604

161,243

179,005

184,178

191,806

199,384

201,638

201,658

12.7

Delaware

25,260

32,939

42,004

43,897

52,343

53,088

55,174

55,731

56,516

58,128

11.1

District of Columbia

77,158

86,675

79,551

72,689

115,153

126,110

136,851

91,992

90,213

90,150

-21.7

Florida

235,525

411,891

588,086

707,684

913,793

972,699

1,053,221

1,125,469

1,143,698

1,154,929

26.4

Georgia

126,511

184,159

251,786

346,204

453,711

476,581

532,493

568,723

565,459

545,358

20.2

Hawaii

36,562

47,181

56,436

60,182

66,601

70,104

74,809

78,073

79,018

78,456

17.8

Idaho

34,567

43,018

51,881

65,594

78,846

80,456

84,450

85,201

90,142

108,008

37.0

Illinois

452,146

644,245

729,246

743,918

837,018

859,242

900,824

906,889

892,881

867,110

3.6

Indiana

192,668

247,253

284,832

314,334

380,477

401,956

441,294

459,423

457,824

447,262

17.6

Iowa

108,902

140,449

170,515

188,974

256,259

286,891

350,631

381,842

372,146

361,183

40.9

Kansas

102,485

136,605

163,733

179,968

194,102

198,991

210,843

214,859

216,662

213,786

10.1

Kentucky

98,591

143,066

177,852

188,341

258,213

257,583

277,907

291,102

293,766

282,125

9.3

Louisiana

120,728

160,058

186,840

223,800

224,754

236,375

251,853

263,638

265,856

258,825

15.2

Maine

34,134

43,264

57,186

58,473

67,173

67,796

70,170

72,985

72,297

72,810

8.4

Maryland

149,607

225,526

259,700

273,745

327,597

338,914

358,941

377,967

380,097

374,496

14.3

Massachusetts

303,809

418,415

417,833

421,142

463,366

477,056

497,290

508,302

508,554

516,331

11.4

Michigan

392,726

520,131

569,803

567,631

643,279

652,799

686,049

698,125

685,526

663,825

3.2

Minnesota

160,788

206,691

253,789

293,445

392,393

411,055

442,281

465,336

457,752

451,661

15.1

Mississippi

73,967

102,364

122,883

137,389

155,232

160,441

173,136

178,197

179,090

176,665

13.8

Missouri

183,930

234,421

289,899

321,348

384,366

396,409

424,944

444,695

456,997

441,371

14.8

Montana

30,062

35,177

35,876

42,240

47,371

47,840

51,588

53,312

54,042

53,254

12.4

Nebraska

66,915

89,488

112,831

112,117

127,378

130,458

138,645

144,682

142,875

139,578

9.6

Nevada

13,669

40,455

61,728

87,893

116,276

120,490

125,320

129,360

121,013

118,300

1.7

New Hampshire

29,400

46,794

59,510

61,718

70,724

71,739

74,234

75,594

77,444

82,678

16.9

New Jersey

216,121

321,610

324,286

335,945

398,136

410,160

432,127

444,091

443,750

439,965

10.5

New Mexico

44,461

58,283

85,500

110,739

134,375

142,413

152,752

162,652

157,555

156,424

16.4

New York

806,479

992,237

1,048,286

1,043,395

1,172,811

1,234,858

1,289,604

1,305,595

1,318,142

1,309,986

11.7

North Carolina

171,925

287,537

352,138

404,652

502,330

528,977

568,865

586,042

585,013

578,031

15.1

North Dakota

31,495

34,069

37,878

40,248

49,945

51,327

54,433

56,903

55,772

55,169

10.5

Ohio

376,267

489,145

557,690

549,553

630,497

653,585

711,095

744,947

735,026

709,818

12.6

Oklahoma

110,155

160,295

173,221

178,016

206,382

206,757

220,650

230,573

230,154

228,464

10.7

Oregon

122,177

157,458

165,741

183,065

202,928

220,474

243,412

250,331

259,061

254,695

25.5

Pennsylvania

411,044

507,716

604,060

609,521

725,397

740,288

778,123

803,593

787,789

777,242

7.1

Rhode Island

45,898

66,869

78,273

75,450

82,900

83,893

84,673

85,110

84,644

83,952

1.3

South Carolina

69,518

132,476

159,302

185,931

217,755

230,695

246,667

257,293

260,002

259,617

19.2

South Dakota

30,639

32,761

34,208

43,221

49,747

50,444

53,342

58,370

55,899

56,058

12.7

Tennessee

135,103

204,581

226,238

263,910

297,785

307,610

332,918

351,988

350,275

343,641

15.4

Texas

442,225

701,391

901,437

1,033,973

1,269,098

1,327,148

1,447,868

1,536,858

1,564,387

1,540,298

21.4

Utah

81,687

93,987

121,303

163,776

203,679

217,224

236,590

252,107

264,396

267,309

31.2

Vermont

22,209

30,628

36,398

35,489

42,191

42,946

44,975

45,572

45,143

44,703

6.0

Virginia

151,915

280,504

353,442

381,893

478,268

500,796

545,036

576,010

588,465

588,696

23.1

Washington

183,544

303,603

263,384

320,840

352,075

362,535

382,532

388,110

372,841

365,514

3.8

West Virginia

63,153

81,973

84,790

87,888

116,848

125,333

142,484

152,431

162,308

162,179

38.8

Wisconsin

202,058

269,086

299,774

307,179

343,747

352,875

373,228

383,986

376,603

369,732

7.6

Wyoming

15,220

21,147

31,326

30,004

35,246

35,936

37,093

38,298

38,092

37,812

7.3

U.S. Service Academies1

17,079

49,808

48,692

13,475

15,285

15,539

15,748

15,925

15,692

15,227

-0.4

Other jurisdictions

67,237

137,749

164,618

194,633

226,849

236,167

243,792

264,237

267,159

259,943

14.6

American Samoa

0

976

1,219

297

1,767

1,806

2,189

2,193

2,091

1,795

1.6

Federated States of Micronesia

0

224

975

1,576

2,379

2,457

3,401

2,699

2,915

2,744

15.3

Guam

2,719

3,217

4,741

5,215

5,244

5,351

5,755

6,188

6,360

5,924

13.0

Marshall Islands

0

0

0

328

557

689

847

869

989

1,123

101.6

Northern Marianas

0

0

661

1,078

901

791

989

1,137

1,046

1,178

30.7

Palau

0

0

491

581

668

502

651

694

742

680

1.8

Puerto Rico

63,073

131,184

154,065

183,290

212,949

222,178

227,358

247,724

250,402

244,076

14.6

U.S. Virgin Islands

1,445

2,148

2,466

2,268

2,384

2,393

2,602

2,733

2,614

2,423

1.6

1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees.